Alföldy Surname

1,136,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 212 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Alföldy Surname User-submission:

The translation of the Hungarian surname, Alföldy, is "lowland". This last name was usually given to people-person who came from a lowland area of the Hungarian state orGreat Hungarian Plain. The '''Great Hungarian Plain''', also known as ''Alföld'' or ''Great Alföld'', is a plain occupying the southern and eastern part of Hungary, some parts of the Eastern Slovak Lowland (''Východoslovenská nížina''), southwestern Ukraine, the Transcarpathian Lowland (''Zakarpats'ka nyzovyna''), western Romania, northern Serbia, and eastern Croatia.

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Alföldy Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary1391:70,6217,220
Slovakia641:83,38216,110
Czechia71:1,519,06797,842
Germany21:40,252,730481,636

The alternate forms: Alfőldy (2) are calculated separately.

Alföldy Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The translation of the Hungarian surname, Alföldy, is "lowland". This last name was usually given to people-person who came from a lowland area of the Hungarian state orGreat Hungarian Plain. The '''Great Hungarian Plain''', also known as ''Alföld'' or ''Great Alföld'', is a plain occupying the southern and eastern part of Hungary, some parts of the Eastern Slovak Lowland (''Východoslovenská nížina''), southwestern Ukraine, the Transcarpathian Lowland (''Zakarpats'ka nyzovyna''), western Romania, northern Serbia, and eastern Croatia.It is the largest part of the Pannonian Plain.

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Alföldy Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Alföldy Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Alföldy is held by more people in Hungary than any other country/territory. It may appear as: Alfőldy. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Alföldy? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,136,896th most frequently used surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 34,375,217 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Alföldy are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 66 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe.

It is most frequent in Hungary, where it is borne by 139 people, or 1 in 70,621. In Hungary it is most common in: Budapest, where 72 percent are found, Heves County, where 9 percent are found and Pest County, where 9 percent are found. Beside Hungary this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 30 percent are found and Czechia, where 3 percent are found.

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Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Alfőldy952/
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Alfeldy86127/
Alfeldyi8027/
Alfeldi71167/
Alfőldi715/
Alfelda713/
Halfelder634/
Ailfelder634/
Ahlfelder630/
Hallfelder593/
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